PHY226 Electronics Syllabus Spring Quarter, 2018
Instructor: Cheng Chin <cchin@uchicago.edu>
Lectures: Tue & Thur 11:00‐12:20 pm KPTC 105
Office hour: Thur 12:30‐01:30 pm GCIS E107
Teaching Assistants:
Gray Putnam <grayputnam@uchicago.edu>
Mark Lewis <marklewis@uchicago.edu>
Laboratory Instructors:
Mark Chantell <mchantel@uchicago.edu>
Dave McCowan <mccowan@uchicago.edu>
Textbooks: Learning the Art of Electronics by T. Hayes and P. Horowitz
(Recomm.) The Art of Electronics, 3rd Ed., P. Horowitz and W. Hill
Lab sessions: (Mon & Wed) 1:30‐5:20 pm or (Tue & Thur) 2:00-6:00 pm
Attendance of all lab sessions is required. Lab reports should be turned in by the end of the sessions.
Grades: 14 Lab reports: 70%; Midterm exam: 15%; Final: 15%
Class outline:
Week | Date | Lecture | Lab | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3/27 | DC circuits | ------ no lab ------ | |
3/29 | Capacitors and inductors | ------ no lab ------ | ||
2 | 4/3 | Diodes | Lab 1: DC circuits | Report 1 |
4/5 | P-N physics | Lab 2: Capacitors | Report 2 | |
3 | 4/10 | Transistors I | Lab 3: Diodes | Report 3 |
4/12 | Transistors II | Lab 4: Transistors I | Report 4 | |
4 | 4/17 | Operational amplifiers I | Lab 5: Transistors II | Report 5 |
4/19 | EFI electronics shop tour | Lab 6: Op-amp I | Report 6 | |
5 | 4/24 | Operational amplifiers II | Lab 7: Op-amp II | |
4/26 | Feedback Theory | Lab 8: Op-amp III | Report 7 | |
6 | 5/1 |
Preparation Sheet Midterm (lec.1~9) Solution 1 2 3 4 5 |
Temperature Servo I | Report 8 |
5/3 | Optoelectronics | Temperature Servo II | ||
7 | 5/8 | Optoelectronics | Temperature Servo III | Report 9 |
5/10 | Analog meets digital | Lab 13. Group Audio I | Report 10 | |
8 | 5/15 | Gates 14N.1-.5 | Lab 13. Group Audio II | Report 11 |
5/17 | Flip-flops 15L.1-.2, N.6-.7 | Lab 13. Gates | Report 12 | |
9 | 5/22 | Counters | Lab 14. Flip-Flops | Report 13 |
5/24 | FPGA | FPGA I | ||
10 | 5/29 | Senior final | FPGA II | Report 14 |
5/31 | Final preparation | |||
11 | 6/7 |
Final 1:30~3:30pm (lec. 11~17) |